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have attained liberation. Hence historically speaking it is important and apt to mention that crya tradition. Based on the Upake agaccha Carit val, Lord Pr van tha tradition's crya lineage is described below:
rya ubhadatta: rya ubhadatta was the Lord's first principal disciple (pa dhara Ga adhara). He graced the status of crya for 24 years after the nirva of the Lord and managing the fourfold order with great skill, gave religious discourses. Thereafter, appointing rya Haridatta as his successor, he attained liberation.
rya Haridatta: Before becoming the second pa dhara of Lord Pr van tha tradition, Haridatta was earlier the leader of 500 dacoits. Once Ga adhara ubhadatta had to stay at a forest along with his 500 disciples. At that time, Haridatta reached there with the aim of looting them with his 500 associates. Here, instead of wealth, Haridatta and his friends gained religious sermon from the monk, inspired by which he immediately became his disciple along with all his friends and in future he himself became a leader of monks and a leader of religion. On account of his sharp intellect he began to be rated among the best scholars of the eleven Amgas. c rya Haridatta propagated the religion for 70 years and appointing SamudraS ri his successor, became eligible for nirv a in P r va nirv a samvata 94. c rya Haridatta was a highly influential c rya of his time. He defeated in religious debate at a royal hall Lauhity c rya, the fanatic supporter and propagator of the opinion that violence in Vaidika religion is not violence and established the dictum "ahims paramo dharma" (non-violence is the supreme religion). Lauhity c rya took initiation along with his one thousand disciples and with his permission propagated the religion of ahims in the south.
rya SamudraS ri: rya SamudraS ri became the third pontiff (pa adhara) c rya of Lord Pr van tha tradition. He gave service to the Jina order from P r va-samvata 94 to 166. He was a knower of the fourteen P rvas and a staunch opponent of the violence incurred in sacrificial rituals. One of his disciples, Vide muni once reached Ujjayin . Vide muni was a true follower of rya SamudraS ri and an excellent scholar. It is said that on account of Vide muni's religious discourse the king of
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